So, after little bit of digging around [1], a URL of the form http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=<filename>&action=download will automatically download from the suggested mirror, so in Adel's example above:
curl -O ' http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?filename=qpid/java/6.1.1/qpid-java-6.1.1.tar.gz&action=download ' should get the archive file correctly -- Rob [1] http://apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html#closer On 20 March 2017 at 13:43, Lorenz Quack <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Adel, > > I have problems reproducing. On both windows (IE & Chrome) and > Linux (Firefox) the download does not start automatically. > > In any case, did you check the content of the thing you downloaded > to see whether it is a html page or a binary (probably gz)? > For example opening it in a text editor. > > In case it is as I suspect the html page you could try using > cURL's -L switch to make it follow redirects. > > Kind regards, > Lorenz > > > > On 20/03/17 10:24, Adel Boutros wrote: > >> Hello Rob, Lorenz, >> >> >> When you hover on any of the links under "download" section on >> https://qpid.apache.org/releases/qpid-java-6.1.1/index.html, you got the >> below link which I am trying to download. >> >> On windows, I click on the link and it is automatically downloaded. So I >> am not explicitly downloading an html page. >> >> >> So it seems the web page has an invalid link. >> >> This is what I am experiencing with all artifacts listed. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Adel >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Lorenz Quack <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 11:08:44 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Corrupt artifacts on Qpid release web page >> >> Hello Adel, >> >> That is not the link to the actual file. There is one more level of >> indirection. >> You are downloading a html page. >> >> Kind regards, >> Lorenz >> >> >> On 20/03/17 09:37, Adel Boutros wrote: >> >>> Hello Lorenz, >>> >>> >>> I tried on Windows and Linux<http://www.apache.org/dy >>> n/closer.lua/qpid/java/6.1.1/binaries/qpid-broker-6.1.1-bin.tar.gz> >>> >>> >>> Linux: >>> >>> curl -O http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.lua/qpid/java/6.1.1/qpid- >>> java-6.1.1.tar.gz >>> >>> tar xfz qpid-java-6.1.1.tar.gz >>> >>> >>> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format >>> tar: Child returned status 1 >>> tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now >>> >>> >>> >>> Windows (Using B1 archiver): >>> >>> I can extract qpid-java-6.1.1.tar.gz to qpid-java-6.1.1.tar >>> I cannot extract qpid-java-6.1.1.tar (Archive is broker or damaged) >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Adel >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Lorenz Quack <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 10:13:59 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Corrupt artifacts on Qpid release web page >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I just tried the source bundle of the "Qpid for Java 6.1.1," release >>> without issues. >>> I used the command >>> $ tar xfz qpid-java-6.1.1.tar.gz >>> to unpack the source bundle. >>> >>> With which artefacts do you experience problems specifically? >>> What tools are you using to extract the files? >>> Windows, Linux? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Lorenz >>> >>> >>> On 20/03/17 09:05, Adel Boutros wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> >>>> It seems all ".tar" artifacts are corrupt when accessed from >>>> https://qpid.apache.org/releases. >>>> >>>> >>>> I can download all ".tar.gz" and unzip them. However, I cannot extract >>>> the ".tar". >>>> >>>> >>>> Are you aware of such issue? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Adel >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
